Poems added from 1st ed

im Soular was born in northern Minnesota, graduated from Nashwauk-Keewatin High School and received a B.A. in Journalism from St. Cloud State University. He reveived an M.F.A. in Creative Writing in 1992 and an M.A. in Literature in 1994 from the University of Montana in Missoula. Soular is a veteran of the Viet Nam War, serving with the 1st Cavalry Division as a helicopter crew chief in 1966-67. He lives near Kalispell, Montana, where he is an English instructor and the Writing Lab instructor for Flathead Valley Community College. “Montana, with its breathtaking beauty and the people I met there,” he says “gave me my life and heart back after the Viet Nam tragedy.”